Why is S&M considered a noncoercive paraphilia rather than a coercive paraphilia?
a. No physical harm is endured by either partner.
b. No psychological harm is endured by either partner.
c. Those who participate are consenting adults, and at least one partner receives sexual pleasure from their interactions.
d. Those who participate are consenting adults who both receive sexual pleasure from their interactions.
ANS: D
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Michele tells Ciara about an encounter that she had with a guy she knew from Calculus class, in which they spontaneously had sex one night after running into one another at a bar. Ciara, on the other hand, admitted that she was so bogged down with studying that she hardly had time to go out, but was hoping that the cute guy down the hall from her would ask her out for coffee. According to research, Michele is likely ____. a. less insecure about herself than Ciara c. more attractive than Ciara b. more insecure about herself than Ciara d. less attractive than Ciara
What were the results of the 1998 study by Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch, and Robert Bauserman?
a. Numerical age should not be used to define whether sexual interaction occurred between an adult and a child; rather, one's sexual maturity should be used instead. b. Most children of sexual abuse are partially responsible for the abuse taking place because of their specific mannerisms, vulnerabilities and tendencies to display signs of sexual maturity at an earlier age than most other children. c. Not all adult-child sexual interactions should be considered abuse; the term "abuse" should be reserved for cases in which the adult-child sexual interaction was not consensual or the child had a negative reaction to the event. d. The mothers of children who were sexually abused by their fathers are just as culpable as the fathers themselves, even if they were consciously unaware of the abuse.
In the traditional (heterosexual) sexual script, _______ are expected to make sexual requests, and _______ are expected to accept or refuse sexual requests.
a) wives; husbands b) women; men c) men; women d) married couples; cohabiting couples
When sexual cultures create blueprints for how people should behave:
A. it is seen that sexual variation in human populations dies out gradually. B. everyone follows those blueprints and sexual norms. C. a small subset will engage in a broader spectrum of variations, some of which will lead to increase the scope of what is acceptable in the mainstream. D. large complex industrial countries have fewer variations in sexual behavior. E. sexual individuality narrows down to exclude variations than had been seen before.